After He Qing led his army to attack the fiefdom of King Guanghuai, the entire Xuanyuan Dynasty was shocked and a war broke out.
The Queen Mother finally found out and was so angry that she went straight to Xuanyuan Hao's palace and asked her son to stop the war and surround but not attack. She, an old woman, went to persuade them to surrender in person.
Xuanyuan Hao felt that this would be a missed opportunity to fight and would disrupt He Qing's rhythm and deployment. What if his mother stood before the three armies? Would his soldiers fight or not?
The Queen Mother cried, "You can't tolerate your brother. You even feel uncomfortable looking at such a small piece of land. You must kill him immediately. If that's the case, you should send an old woman like me to the front line to be beaten to death."
Xuanyuan Hao didn't say a word, no matter how his mother cried and scolded him. In the end, he only told his mother: "It's only a matter of time before my son and he fight."
The Queen Mother heard this and said, "Why not just keep it the same as before? Your brother is doing well in his fiefdom, so how did he offend you?"
Xuanyuan Hao said: "Money, grain, taxes, levies, population, military strength, ironware, salt production, my son is the king of a country, but he doesn't know anything about the situation in his fiefdom.
The imperial envoy sent by the son was like a prisoner in the fiefdom and would be released when the time came.
Because the county had a single industry for decades, the people in the fiefdom were eager to buy all kinds of goods from all over the country. Even a little colored silk thread could be sold at a high price there.
They are all my people, yet they barely have enough to eat. If they want a slightly better life, the price they pay is so high.
And has he ever been quiet in all these years? When the Yin soldiers were rebellious, he sent troops to seize dozens of surrounding counties, but those places were not his fiefdoms.
My son has endured this provocation, not because he cannot recapture it by sending troops, but because after two years of understanding the situation, he has decided to wipe him out in one fell swoop."
The Queen Mother said absentmindedly, "So you want to kill him?"
Xuanyuan Hao said, "Look at him. If he resists stubbornly, he will only end up in the underworld."
The Queen Mother said, "You unfilial son, you tyrant! You killed your brothers to seize the throne. You openly questioned your father in the court and pressured him, but he refused to give in. He never wanted you in the first place!"
You have come to the throne without any proper reason, yet you still claim to be the ruler of a country..."
After hearing this and seeing the Queen Mother bursting into tears, Prince Qing and Prince Yu, who had come to the Ministry of War to receive the tiger talisman and bid farewell to their elder brother Xuanyuan Hao, both knelt down.
In order to prevent civil war and instability on the borders of Western Qiang and southern Yunnan, Xuanyuan Hao sent his two younger brothers, Prince Qing and Prince Yu, to garrison Western Xinjiang and southern Yunnan respectively.
Prince Qing said, "The Queen Mother is wrong. Your Majesty personally ordered my brother to succeed the throne as Crown Prince and ordered him to supervise the country and manage the government, leaving all military and national affairs to be decided by my brother.
My father was seriously ill and bedridden for four months. He longed to see my brother day and night. After his death, he left several wills to arrange his affairs, and without exception, all of them were left to my brother.
In my opinion, the Emperor favors my elder brother."
Prince Yu also said: "Brother has always been a prince on errands. If the emperor had favored someone else, he would not have trained him so much. I hope the queen mother will also take brother into consideration."
The Queen Mother cried, "You two have been following him since you were little, so naturally you will speak for him!"
Xuanyuan Hao's stubbornness and inexplicable sadness surged in his heart. If his parents don't love him, then so be it. If they break off the relationship, then so be it. He was about to speak.
Zhang Ru led a group of little imperial grandchildren in. The little ones pounced on the empress dowager, hugged her, and persuaded her to leave first.
Zhang Ru went to the Empress Dowager's palace to persuade and comfort her.
On the other side, Sun Yanan also received letters from Shi Wei and the Shi family cavalry.
Now that the war has begun, all cavalry units have withdrawn from the battle zone, and the people arranged by His Majesty have also left the cavalry units.
Mother-in-law Peng Jing asked Shi Wei and her son-in-law, the young master of the Lu family, to bring the children to Kyoto as soon as possible. Pingchang County was right next to the fiefdom, and she was really worried.
After Shi Wei and her family arrived and settled down, Sun Yanan handed the housekeeper's pair of cards to Shi Wei, and then called the housekeeper over to give him a few instructions.
Then Sun Yannan rode lightly and with a small entourage, he and the four older maids who were later promoted headed straight for Pingchang County. However, he did not expect that Old Lady Shi would rush to the Ten-Li Pavilion to see him off.
Shi Yue, who was on duty that day, felt uneasy and his wife seemed a little unusual that morning. When he returned home from his shift, Sun Yannan had been gone all day, leaving only a letter asking him to take good care of Canghai and Canghao, and leaving the family home to Shi Wei.
When Sun Yanan returned to Pingchang County and made his appearance, the news spread, and the entire Shi family, from the grain farmers' granaries to the shops and cavalry throughout the county, were all rejoicing.
Even some people who were preparing to abandon their homes and businesses and go to other counties to live with relatives and friends have stopped. Now that the head of the largest family has returned, maybe it's not a big deal?
The owners of various grain stores came to ask, now that the rice prices of other grain stores have risen, and some have closed down and stopped selling, what should we do?
Sun Yanan asked all rice shops in the county to continue selling rice at the previous price, but each customer could only buy a maximum of three kilograms of rice. Each rice shop was only allowed to sell 70% of the usual amount every day, and would close after selling out this amount every day.
The shopkeeper Geng Dazhu, who had told Sun Yannan not to worry about how he sold the rice and that he would pay good bills to him, is now the head shopkeeper of the 27 rice shops in the county.
Geng Dazhu asked Sun Yannan, "Is this an attempt to emulate what the old lady did back then, giving back to the people during years of famine and war?"
Sun Yannan said: "I can't compare to grandma. Back then, she was so courageous that she opened the granary and distributed grain without asking for money during the famine. Now it's not that far yet. I just sell the grain at a fair price.
If one day we were to encounter a situation similar to a famine, the Master family would certainly open their granaries and distribute food."
Geng Dazhu asked, "Does the boss think that the major granaries will release grain as soon as possible, which will lower the price of grain, and that these grain stores that are hoarding grain will be dealt with by Lord Shang?"
Sun Yannan said: "I think it's a little different. If the major warehouses open, I'm afraid it won't be for us, but for other counties.
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